Display-holder for rugs.



PATENTED JUNE 35,1907. 7

E. BROWN. I DISPLAY HOLDER FOR RUGS.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 16, 1906.

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useful improvements in UNITED sTA i s EMMET' BROWN, OF MITCHELL, INDIANA.

' DISPLAY-HOLDER FOR RUGS- I Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1907.

Application filed June 16, 1906. $811 31 N0- 321,991,

T0 ctZZ whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, EMMET BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mitchell, in the county of Lawrence and State of Indiana, have invented a new and useful Dis play- Holder for Rugs and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact de- I scription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and drugget holders, the object of the invention being to provide a device of this character by which druggets, carpets, draperies, tapestries or other fabrics i may be displayed upon exhibition for the approval of the intended purchaser; the space for displaying any article of merchandise, 1 suitable to be exhibited conveniently by the use of said device, will be exceptionally small in area and through the means of which the article will be neatly kept.

An objectof the invention associated with others as will be hereinafter described is tov provide a device of this nature comprising means by which the article of merchandise while on display may be lowered within a convenient reach of the salesman for the purpose of detaching the chosen article for delivery to the intended purchaser.

This invention comprises further objects and combinations of elements which will be hereinafter more fully described, shown in I the accompanying drawings, and the novel features thereof will be pointed out by the appended claims.

To obtain a full and correct understanding of the details of construction, combinations of elements, features and advantages, reference is to be had to the hereinafter set forth description and the accompanying drawings in connection therewith, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of the invention. ig. 2 is a view showing the lowering means. Fig. 3 is a view of the form shown in Fig. 2 in side elevation and partly in section. Fig. 4 is a detail view of one of the diagonal brace bars. Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of a portion of the diagonal brace bar, illustrating one of its joints.

Making renewed reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in the several illustrations, by figures, 1 designates the ceiling of a room, and 2 the floor, 1

porting said beam 8, as

between which a cylindrical standard 3 is disposed," there may be more than one standard employed if desired. This standard is secured to the floor, by means of a base plate 4, having an aperture 5 through which the standard is inserted when assembling the device and the ceiling plate 6, which also has an aperture 7, to receive the end of the standard, as will be observed from the'drawings.

Pivotally mounted upon the standard is the supporting beam 8, having upon each side thereof a plurality of spurs 9, from which carpets, druggets or any other article of merchandise are draped in substantially a vertical plane. This supporting beam, when low- 7 ered, has vertical movement upon the standard, by means of the aperture 10, as Will be clearly observed from the drawings, Fig.2. To brace the beam 8, a suitable diagonal brace bar 11 is provided, said bar being composed of three sections,- the two end sections 12 and 13 and the intermediate section 14, are pivoted together. The section 13 is pivoted at 15 between the bifurcated ends of the beam 8, the shoulder16, of which abuts the edge of the section 13 for the purpose of supwill be clearly understood from the drawings.

The pivot of the brace bar is formed by bifurcating the lower ends of the section 13 and intermediate section 14, as at 17 for the purpose of receiving the tongues 18 of the upper ends of the sections 12 and 14 as clearly shown in the drawings, reference being had to Fig. 4.

To prevent the brace bar from being thrown outward, as shown in dotted lines, the bifurcated end of the section 13, and the tongue 18 of the intermediate section are provided with registering apertures 19 to receive the locking pin 20 which may be withdrawn when it is desired to lower the beam to detach the desired article, as will be clearly manifest.

The section 12 is apertured, as at 21, to fit 1 over the standard, as shown, and between the said section 12 and the upper surface of the base plate-are bearing plates 22, which are secured, one to the lower end of the section 12 and one to the upper surface of the I base plate, which bearing plates are ball bearing, as at 23, so as to allow the beams to be swung easily, so as to exhibit that which is for sale.

elements and the operation of the device, toioldable so as to lower the beam from a gether with the simplicity thereof will be higher to a lower horizontal plane, and lockolearly observed. ing means to hold the brace rigidly in aline- 15 Having thus r'ully described the invention, ment when the beam is in its higher position.

what is claimed as new and useful, by the In testimony whereof I have signed my protection of Letters Patent, is name to this specification in the presence of In a rug hplder, a base rilatef) a ceiling two subscribing witnesses.

plate a stanc ar dis osed t 1ere etween a beani pivotally and sl idably mounted upon EMMET BROVVN' the standard, a diagonal brace bar attached WVitnesses:

to the beam with its lower end pivotally con- VVILLIAM E. STIPP,

nected to the standard, said brace bar being WVILLIAM F. LAGLE. 

